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[–] wpb@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Almost all of the world’s universal health care systems are found in capitalist systems. (Cuba and maaaaybe China could be considered exceptions.)

Much like gdp vs gdp per capita, a much more interesting statistic here would be the percentage of countries that have universal health care. Still kind of reductive, but it has the benefit of not being misleading, which I can't say of your statistic. Think before you speak.

Introducing any of those systems in the US would save money, not cost it. While it’s bad for the economy to have billionaires, that’s not the reason you guys don’t have a proper health care system.

Please draw the rest of the owl? You just made a gigantic leap. I don't see the relation at all. Are you implying that billionaires are concerned about efficiency or something? I'd argue they're more concerned about paying their workers as little as possible. And one way to make this much, much easier is by skewing the negotiations in your favor by having their literal health and well-being tied to working for you, which universal healthcare really ruins. Think before you speak.